Sick of hearing the same tired, overused words echoing through the hallways? Here's your chance to eradicate those hackneyed expressions once and for all.Nominate three words or phrases for the "2012 Westhampton Beach Banished Words List." Be sure to include examples of their use, and explain why you think your choices deserve to make the final cut.
Three words that Westhampton Beach uses too much are the words:
ReplyDeleteSwag
Chill
Shot.
When people say that they have "Swag" is being used too much. Especially when you hear it in the hallway every time your in it. It needs to go.
The word chill is completely overused now in our school. When your excited that something happens and there is always that one kid that says "Chill Bro". Thats the biggest "Buzzkill".
The word shot means that you have been shot by something, not that your tired, not that hurting, you cannot be shot, and you cannot say this is shot. What does that mean? It is a terrible word because it literally means something that most of the kids use it have not been "Shot".
1. Winning
ReplyDeleteA very common phrase from drug addict Charlie Sheen. This is an over used word that is ignorant and is affiliated with a man who had a mental break down with cocaine. People use it when something good happens to them.
2. Swag
This is used when someone thinks they look good or that they have good "swagger'. Swagger is a sports term derived from the Miami University Football team. So it is okay to have swag on the sports field, but not okay to walk in the halls screaming SWAG as you walk with you pants around your knees with a snap back and rosary beads on.
3. Shot
People say this when someone or something is disliked by the person saying it. Shot is supposed to infer that the person or thing is so bad that it means this thing is so bad that it is dead or in the process of being dead.
1) "Lol." Sure it's fine while typing, instead of saying "laughing out loud," but now it's starting to be used in conversation, away from a phone or computer screen. "Did you see that cat video I sent you? Oh my god, I was literally loling everywhere." Or, "I loled." Just shows complete laziness.
ReplyDelete2) Legitimate / Legit. They mean "authentic," or "genuine" and they may be the most overused words heard throughout the halls. "He legit just walked by, looked at me, and legit- he didn't even say anything. Like honestly, be mature." I'm pretty certain that genuinely looking at someone is a good thing; it's honest and truthful, legit, it's not meant to be harmful.
3) Literally. The root, "literal" means word for word, or verbatim. For example, "the students had to translate the latin phrase literally." Now, it's turned into "Oh my god. This dress is like literally perfect for prom. Like, honestly, if anyone else buys it I'm actually going to die." So the dress is word-for-word perfect? So we can literally read it while you literally prance around literally taking prom pictures? Like, OMG use the word right please! K thanks.
Three words that are completely overused are "swag," "shot," and "played." The word swag is basically an abbreviation for swagger, which means the way that people conduct themselves, usually in a stylish or cool way. Example: "When I wear these Jordan's, I have so much swag." The word shot is used for saying tired, boring, old, or dumb. People use this when describing something else; "That class is shot." The last word, "played", is used when someone does something that is considered stupid or awkward. It can also be used when describing someone's defeat in a certain game or competition. For example, "Last weekend Joe got played, he left the boxing ring with two broken ribs." Overall, swag, in my opinion, is the number one word that needs to go. I can't remember the last time I walked down the hallway without hearing it. Next would be "shot," and then finally, "played."
ReplyDelete- Nick Monaco
like:
ReplyDeletei like, really like think that like, we like, shouldn't like, say "like" so much.
wow
wow, what happened? wow, just wow.
saying "lol" when you are talking to someone in person:
really? you jut dont want to put the effort into actually laughing?
1. I love you- people say i love you when they don't genuinely mean it. They say it to be nice or instead of saying thank you or when they are sucking up to you. I think it shouln't be said unless it is meant
ReplyDelete2. # Hashtags- hashtags are meant for twitter, and now people use them for facebook, texting, and even speaking. "#winnnning!"
3. Gucci- people say gucci instead of good because they think they are ghetto...we love in WHB so they are obviously not ghetto they just are wanna-bes.
Sam Kapust
ReplyDeleteThe words: shot, post, and awkward
Shot: It is constantly used in all different contexts. You talk too loud, your shot. Your quiet, your shot. You wear a sweater, your shot. You make a joke, your shot. It is ridiculous how much it is used and the fact that it is a logical insult for anything someone does.
Post: I am tired of hearing this word. Its not so much that it is used wrong but it's starting to bother me hearing "post that, shared post, comment on the post." I hate when people say it. It makes me feel sick. I can't quite place why, its just its overuse and corniness at time.
Awkward: That awkward moment when........you are tired of hearing that word and that phrase. The words itself is "awkward" so I don't want to hear it in the first place. Its overuse irritates me and when I hear it I feel sick.
1."Legit" - "Too legit to quit" is a phrase that annoys me a lot. It has slowed down in use but it comes up every once in a while for an irritating appearance.
ReplyDelete2. "Shot" - "You're shot". Shot isn't an adjective.
3. "Swag" - "I've got than green shirt blue shoes white watch swag" Just too much.
-Legit- "Those sneakers are legit."- Yes, yes they are legitimate.
ReplyDelete-Hipster- No just stop. Don't call yourself a hipster, and definitely don't call me a hipster. And stop trying to be one.
-Green- A color is not a state of being.
There are certainly some hackneyed words and phrases swarming around Westhampton Beach High School.
ReplyDeleteThe first on my list would have to be the word "shot." Traditionally, this word has been used as the past tense form of the verb "to shoot." However, recently "shot" has been twisted into the form of an offensive adjective. It has come to be used to describe something that is either unpopular or overused. A typical use would be "you're shot."
Next on my list of banned words would be the word "legit." "Legit" is short for the word "legitimate." It is used relatively the same way, to describe something that is substantial or real. "That's legit..."
The last word on my list would be "bro." While short for "brother," "bro" has been altered to mean "pal" or "man." In fact, "bro" is rarely used to refer to family members. "What's up bro?" is a typical question using "bro."
"Shot"
ReplyDeleteShot is used as an adjective for basically anything in our school. People, homework, days, etc. can all be considered shot. When it became popular a while ago it was funny when it was used once in a while, but now it's used it outrageous ways and so often that it's no longer funny.
"Swag"
Swag is also overused and has recently became a major characteristic to describe people. When someone has a really nice outfit on or just got a haircut, they'll ask their friends "don't I have swag today?" and it's heard all the time; some people are even known for "having swag." I get what it means, but there are better ways of describing people in my opinion.
"Pulling the whip"
This is another way of saying that you are driving a car. After hearing it two times, this phrase got old because it just sounds ridiculous, and even though it's fine to joke around about it, people use it seriously all the time, meanwhile it's much easier to just say you're driving.
1. Ridiculous: (Upon seeing a picture of a kitten falling asleep) "Stop it. That kitten is ridiculous." No, the kitten is not absurd. Many things are, but these things seem much less important given the overuse of 'ridiculous.' (The use of "stop it" also annoys me-especially when there is nothing to stop.)
ReplyDelete2. Legit: "They serve legit breakfast food there." I literally heard someone say this about a local restaurant; I have never heard of illegal or illegitimate breakfast food, and this modifier did not bring much clarification to the statement. Necessary?
3. Sketchy: "He seems sketchy." People say this about anyone who could possibly be construed as shifty or shady as well as anyone about whom something significant is unknown. Is any person singled out on the street really likely to be sketchy? According to many today, yes.
Swag - Ex. Yo bro I got my swag on today!
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear this in the hallways I want to scream as it is the most over used word period. I would be the first to admit I too say it but I if it were to be banished I would feel great.
Shot - Ex. I am SO shot today
This expression is like nails on a chalkboard, it is so repetitive and it seems like it doesn't even have a meaning
Sketchy - Ex. Boo Radley from To Kill A Mocking Bird is so sketchy
Sketchy is such a sketchy word, it is used to describe almost everything that someone doesn't necessarily want, for example if a teacher assigns homework there would be one student who decides that to call it sketchy
James Passarelle
"It's funny because..."
ReplyDeleteUnless you are talking to someone who doesn't know an inside joke, or are telling something that happened earlier that the person wasn't there to hear, you shouldn't use the phrase. There is no need to explain why something is obvious when it is clearly implied.
Example -
*Mike tells everyone he just failed his Math test* Another person says, "It's funny because Michael doesn't study."
"Cool story bro"
Whether I wasn't intending for the story to be cool, or it didn't reach your expectations, you have no right to be disrespectful. When someone says this then it shows they are desperate for attention and will ridicule you to get the attention they want. Interrupting someone to say this is even ruder.
Example -
John : Hey, so I went to this English Club meeting yesterday because I am always trying to improve my vocabulary and then I was studying this one-=
Mike : COOL STORY BRO!
Literally mistaken for Figuratively
Oh really, did you literally gain 1000 pounds after eating that lunch, because that is pretty unbelievable. Did that CEO literally have the other workers in the palms of his hands? Literally has become an expression that people use to show the excessiveness of a point they are making.
Example -
Mike - "I literally got 100 questions wrong on that test!"
John - "There were only 70 questions on that test though."
Sketchy
ReplyDelete“That guy over there in the dark clothes waiting by the exit sign looks sketchy.”
The word sketchy is over used to describe something that may seem weird or out of place and can make things sound more negative then they are.
Buzzkill
“Wow, what a buzzkill.”
Buzzkill is used a lot when something doesn’t go someone’s way or they don’t get what they want.
My bad
“I forgot to do my homework. My bad.”
People say this expression all the time when they have done something wrong and normally don’t apologize.
Lian
Three words that I would nominate to the list would be swag, shot, and sketchy. They are overused and misused everyday. Saying "yo im shot" means like you are tired or done. But literally people might think you have been shot with a gun or something. There are different interruptions of these phrases. And with the word swag. People say it after everything. Sometimes it doesn't make sense. The definition of the word doesn't match up with the way people use it in everyday conversation. This is why i think these 3 words should be added to the list.
ReplyDelete1) Sick
ReplyDelete"'That's so sick!' Is it coughing? Do you hear it wheezing? I never knew inanimate objects could be sickly. Actually its funny because when you usually hear of 'sick' you're talking about being ill. No one likes being ill, in fact, I'm pretty sure if everyone had a choice they would never be ill. So why use something negative to describe something positive?"
2) Swag/Swagger
"When I hear swag, I would love to just take a pencil and burst my ear drums. Swag, does this mean we all walk really cool with our pants hanging bellow our boxers? Last time I check, having pants below your knees was a very unattractive thing to do. Like, no one cares if you walk with confidence. You know what? Swag actually means an ornament for flowers. So does this mean we're all really cool because we look like flowers? Please, if you're going to say 'swag' at least pull up your pants and put a flower behind your ear."
3)Tight
"I didn't know someone could feel suffocation in open space. 'I'm so tight man, don't talk to me.' If you were 'tight' shouldn't we help you, you know, be not tight? I'm pretty sure if you were really 'tight' your internal organs would be crushed and you'd die."
-Berrios
Aimee Kandell
ReplyDelete1. “Mad” “You’re mad good.” Why use it as an adjective. Just simply say, “You’re good.” Is it necessary to add the extra word? It doesn’t make you sound cooler so just leave it out. When using mad in a sentence it is used to mean that you’re angry or upset and now the term is interchanged with “cool” or “sweet.”
2. “Um”- I think this should be cut out because it makes people sound less smart and more stupid. People use it way too much in their speech and use it as a filler. Sometimes people say “um” three times within one sentence. Think before you start talking so you can avoid “um.” Is it necessary to say?
Ex: “I received a um Christmas gift from my cousin a couple days after Christmas because she um lives in Florida so it um took a little while in the mail.”
3. “Honestly” “Honestly, I don’t care.” But what you just said could actually be dishonest. Most people say this but still actually care. Just say the truth and express your opinion without using honestly.
Love - a once close and intimate term has become today's slang to show interest in anything and everything. "I love those shoes", "I used to love going there," "Don't you just love Fridays." The word love has lost almost all of its important and does not mean nearly as much as it use to. Close friends nowadays claim that they "love" other. Would I love it if people stopped using the word so loosely? No, but I would greatly appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteBuzzkill - It seems that today, everyone in society is continuously "buzzed," 24/7 and that no matter what you do, you are somehow "killing" this buzz. A buzz is described as a feeling of excitement or euphoria, so I am unsure of when I ask someone sitting down doing nothing to get me something, it is a "buzzkill." The extreme overuse of this word has just become irritating and meaningless; the word has become the embodiment of a true buzzkill.
Mad - "That kid is mad annoying" "I have mad homework" "It is mad cold outside" ... the list of this overused, misplaced word goes on and on. Instead of expressing an excessive amount of something with the many English words that could be possibly used, society has reverted to using this uneducated, "ghetto" sounding word. The word does not even make sense in context, considering that mad would usually mean mentally ill or insane. Everyone feels the need to use this word before adjectives as well: "Mad cool, mad awesome, mad funny..." Instead of continuing to use this word, try using some of these before you sound "mad dumb."
-- Extremely, very, so, really, especially, unquestionably, purely, ect.."
Lawl- (When someone pronounces the letters “lol” as a word) This is something that a complete moron says because they think that is how you should say “lol,” why would you use “lol” when having a face to face conversation, when normal people just laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteYolo- Yolo? You Only Live Once. Everyone only lives once, just because you have a bumper sticker on your car saying you only live once, thus proving you’re a mortal, which everyone is, makes no sense. So thank you for pointless information.
Retarded- Saying something is retarded doesn’t mean its foolish, it actually mean someone had a serious physical or mental problem and calling a homework assignment “retarded” doesn’t make it handicapped.
Awkward: “You’re phone is awkward.” “Awkward moment when the phone rang.” That isn’t awkward, that is just a phone ringing. People use this word in literally every other sentence, it started with “that awkward moment” but now everything is awkward. People call their phone awkward, their homework awkward, a song on the radio awkward, anything and everything is awkward.
ReplyDeleteSketchy: “That town is sketchy.” “That girls outfit is sketchy.” “You’re new phone types sketchy.” There is nothing unclear or questionable about how a phone types. People use this word to describe everything, while most people do not even know what it really means. According to Webster’s dictionary sketchy means 1. Of the nature of a sketch 2. Unclear in details or 3. Questionable. This does not mean that everything is sketchy or can be described as sketchy.
LOL: *Someone says anything remotely funny* “LOL” This is short hand for laugh out loud, for when you are texting, on aim or anything like that, this is not supposed to be used for talking out loud. It doesn’t make you sound cool to say LOL out loud. Instead of wasting time saying that, why don’t you try, hmm I don’t actually laughing if something is funny! Actually laughing makes you seem a lot better and a lot less annoying than saying LOL.
-Megan Bernth
Shot: an instant discharge of a firearm; an injection. It can have a few different definitions but “shot” isn’t an adjective to describe someone. I would say throughout one day in this high school I hear “You’re Shot” at least 5 times and each time no one is actually “hurt” or “damaged.” In other words, “your lame/crazy.” This phrase has been overused to the point that brings me to annoyance. And on top of that, if you think about it, it makes completely no sense at all.
ReplyDeleteChill: a sensation of cold; a feeling of sudden fear. Weather can be chilly, ghosts could give you chills, and food may be chilled, but a person physically cannot “chill.” Not only is chill overused, but misused as well. I haven’t heard the phrase “please calm down” in years, and I know that’s a way better phrase to successfully relax someone. In my opinion, if someone tells me to “chill,” it makes me ten thousand times angrier.
Buzz kill: Something or someone that spoils/ruins a situation. I hear “buzz kill” come out of high school boys mouth at least 5 times every day in the halls. It is physically impossible for actions taken by someone to kill a “buzz.” Also, 90% of the time, this is told to someone who is not “buzzed” at all. Instead of being a loser or boring, if you ask people today, you’re now a “buzz kill.”
Most words are misused in ways that make completely no sense at all. It seems like every day there is a new ridiculous phrase. And if you look up any of them in an English dictionary I promise you will find definitions that are completely different then the way they are used. If these words don’t get banned from the English Language soon enough people will start to go insane.
-Bridget Stucklen
1) Chill, "Chill" or "no just chill," is often used just by itself as a way of telling someone to calm down and can come off as very condescending and irritating. It is highly overused and is repeatedly said in situations that don't call for it but is said by someone because they didn't like what the other person said.
ReplyDelete2) Your Sweating, "Calm down your sweating," is another way of saying that someone is worked up over nothing and needs to calm down. It is commonly spoken when someone has gotten somewhat moderately, if that, passionate about a certain subject. The person is shut down and embarrassed for someone else's brief amusement.
3) Awkward, "That awkward moment when..." This phrase is used to describe a present situation where someone commits an action that causes some sort of uncomfortable feeling or silence amongst others, an awkward feeling, and someone, for general amusement and hopefully a shared laugh amongst a group, says "that awkward moment when..." This is becoming increasingly annoying and is really just a restatement of the previous event.
Lauren Hill
ReplyDelete1. "Like": It’s not used to compare two things anymore, but to fill a space in a sentence. “Like, she was like, like, looking at me.”
2. "Legit": This word has taken the place for “seriously”; though it is still really annoying. “He needs to calm down, legit”
3. “Cool Story Bro”: You basically say this when you could care less about what someone just said. “I went there last week!” “Cool story bro”
Kate Lewis
ReplyDelete- Literally: usually used as a response to something said that is surprising, or used to reinforce a point, following the word like. “She told me we couldn’t be friends anymore because she doesn’t like my clothes, like literally she said that to me.”
- Chill: used when someone is over reacting to something said or something offensive is said, usually used as a response. “You always say that it’s so annoying”, “K chill.”
- Wait: usually used more than one time in a sentence mixed with the phrase “no way”, used to show surprise or how unbelievable something said is. “Wait nooo wait no way.”
1. "That's crazy." has become a very common answer to stories nowadays while half the time the listener doesn't even care or give the slightest clue what the story is about. Most of the time the person telling the story is not a lunatic engaging in absurd activities. Usually, it's just a normal individual telling a story about their day that made it slightly different from an other ordinary day.
ReplyDelete2. "Wanna hang?" This verb has changed meaning and turned into a way of asking others to do something together. What will we do together? Cling onto one another? Climb up high heights and hang down from there...while clinging onto one another?
3. "Shot" This verb high schoolers use is used to describe the ineffectiveness of something that it is no longer good enough to function rather than referring to the wound after a gun's bullet that struck you. Suddenly, everything became ineffective from school, days of the week, teachers, friends, and even yourself when you're exhausted. Are you ineffective? Do you no longer function?
Vanessa
1) Hashtag
ReplyDelete"Wait, you don't even know that kid. HASHTAG awkward!"
First of all, Hashtag is a key on the computer. It is used on Twitter not in real life. It's almost as annoying as saying LOL literally.. which people also do which is also annoying. If you wanted to say that the situation was awkward why couldn't you just say, "That was so awkward." It is not only annoying but unnecessary to add the word Hashtag to the beginning.. and I also don't think it makes sense. #Justmyopinion ;)
2) Shot
"Dude you're so shot."
I think that people use this term "shot" in many different ways. Most people don't even get why they're using it. My friends constantly say that I am "shot" and when I ask, "What makes me so shot?", they usually reply saying, "I don't even know what shot means.". Then why use the term? The overuse of the term is just ridiculous plus, if you don't know the meaning of the term I don't understand the sense of using it to describe someone.
3) Mad
"I saw Paranormal Activity 3 last night and it was MAD scary."
Are we implying that the movie was mad? Was the movie angry? Were the people in the movie so angry that they made it scary? I personally don't understand why you would put "Mad" in front of another word, like, "Mad Cool" or "Mad Chill". No ones mad or angry so why use it?
Awkward/Awk ~ I hear people say "well that's awk..." or "awkward," (said in a weird voice after witnessing something happen or someone say something), all the time and when I'm texting people sometimes their responses are "awk..." I don't get why all of a sudden everything that someone says or does is "awkward" because a lot of what people say and do is not awkward. It is an overused response that people use when they have nothing else to say. To add to the word awkward, people now have this phrase "the awkward moment when..." and that needs to go too. It is beyond annoying and way overused.
ReplyDeleteTight ~ When people get mad these days, instead of saying their mad, angry, or upset, they say they are "tight." What exactly do you mean when you say you are "tight?" When we use the word "tight," we use it to mainly describe something like clothing that fits too snug, it's too tight, it fits too closely or we say certain spaces have a "tight" fit because the area is too small to or close to something else that we can't reach it. I have never heard people express anger as being "tight" and now that I have, it needs to go... you are not a snug fit when you are mad, you are mad.
Kay/K ~ I don't think there is anything more annoying than when someone says "K" to you. Everyone gets mad when people say it, but everyone does it. Whether they use it to intentionally be annoying or say it as an actual response, it's the most stupid thing to say. If you are answering with "K" and you aren't mad, people will still think your mad or somethings wrong...it is so obnoxious when people say it and I wish the person who started it, didn't.
Amanda Schwartz
Gay: "This movie is so gay." Unless you're talking about Brokeback Mountain or that weird one starring Jim Carrey, it's probably not. I've had gay friends back in Texas who thought that the word's misuse was so offensive, they participated in a whole day of silence, which entailed wearing a strip of duct tape over their mouths all throughout their classes. They proved a good point: be more aware of what you're saying and, especially, be considerate.
ReplyDeleteRetarded: "You're so retarded," or "He's such a retard." The term holds barely a connotation among teenagers, and even in movies it's considered comical. Even after my little sister recovered from (rather, alleviated) her autism, she began using the word to describe things that she would deem "dumb" or "stupid." I couldn't believe that, though she had been medically retarded, she accepted this word as synonymous with "idiot." So, though the real receivers of the attack don't notice it, others like me or my family will still hear an unmindful stranger say, "What a retard," and immediately think of Sophie, and how she completely contradicts their statement.
Ironic: "I was just on my way to Sally's house, and I met her at the store! It was so ironic!" This word was beaten so badly that I think it may be affecting how we look at it on our AP MC's or SAT's. For many, at least. Coming across your best friend in the store after you had just talked about her is not ironic -- it's a coincidence. Falling off a cliff and then landing on a giant pillow is not ironic -- it's lucky! Becoming suicidal from hearing certain words being constantly used incorrectly and jumping off the cliff only to find that it had led you to a group of people saying the word, out of context, over and over -- that's ironic.
1) "your sweating" This is usually used to describe someone who is trying really hard to do something or is stressed out about doing something. Last week as I was doing my physics homework someone said to me "your sweating trying to this physics right now.." Sweating should be used to describe perspiration not stress..
ReplyDelete2) Legit. This wouldn't be a problem if people didn't start describing things they thought were great with the word legit as in "wow those shoes are legit!" As if not all shoes in the world were real shoes
3) Buzzkill. Usually this means that someone is ruining someones fun or "buzz". The word buzzkill would probably describe homework, someone who is no fun at a party, a hard test, etc. This isn't the best way to describe these and can easily be confused with being buzzed from alcohol by older people. I know if my parents or grandparents heard me say this and especially because they are foreign they would get the wrong idea..
1) “Like” – This word is used way too often in my opinion. One example is “No, like, today I had like this really good sandwich with like, turkey and lettuce and stuff.” I think like is an acceptable word but not when you use it all the time when there’s no point of even saying it.
ReplyDelete2) “That awkward moment when…” – Everyone says this when the thing that just happened is not even awkward at all and they just sound stupid. An example is “That awkward moment you go out to dinner with your parents.” No, that’s not awkward; stop saying it in that context. It bothers me.
3) “Swag” – This word is overused all the time. I hear it so many times a day it’s ridiculous. The definition of swag is “in architecture and decoration, carved ornamental motif consisting of stylized flowers, fruit, foliage, and cloth, tied together with ribbons that sag in the middle and are attached at both ends. The distinction is sometimes made between a swag and a festoon by limiting the former to festoons entirely made up of folds of cloth.” Nobody uses it in that context. I honestly hate this word because everyone says it so much.
Justin Siraco
ReplyDeleteSwag- “Going to the mall today. SWAG!” The correct word is swagger. This word one is using has multiple definitions, and none that relate to the word swagger. Not only is this an obnoxious use of a word, it doesn’t make any sense in most of the sentences it is included in.
Shot- “You’re soooooo shotttt right now.” In actuality, a person is trying to tell someone they are tired and worn out, and that’s fine if you’re using it within that context. But it is always taken out of context, making it old quickly.
Tool- “You’re such a tool!” This is an annoying substitution of the word lame. It was slightly funny at first, but then things got out of hand and “tool” became used way too much. You could get called a “tool” in any situation for no plausible reason. I dislike the word “lame”, but “tool” is way worse.
Hayley Bester
ReplyDelete1. Like
"So like, I was going to school when like, I realized that I like forgot my binder at home." Like is a word that is used in a huge chunk of most people's speech, but not for the way that its meant to be used. If you want to use the word like correctly, you would say "I like chocolate ice cream," or "He looks like my brother." Like is not a placement holder in sentences when you are trying to think of the next thing to say. Sorry.
2. Haha
"yeah haha"
When texting and IMing were first made big, people began to use texting abbreviations, one of them being haha. Obviously it is supposed to be a laugh, the original intention was for when someone said something funny. However, with time it has turned into something to say when there is nothing to be said. For example, your talking to someone you don't like and you don't want to talk to them so you say "haha." Or if you don't know what to say, you say "Yeah haha." People don't say it to funny things that much anymore! It's lost almost completely lost its meaning.
3. Seriously
"Seriously, that is so funny!"
Only say seriously when you are being serious-- don't say it if you are joking! Seriously should be used in situations where you are actually trying to say something that you mean and are trying to have a meaningful discussion without joking around or laughing. It is so overused and has turned into a placeholder or something that makes a sentence longer. It doesn't make you sound sophisticated.
Brandon Brule
ReplyDeleteShotgun- When approaching a car within a group of people yelling "I call shotgun" should raise an alarm, not a preference on the passenger seat of the vehicle.
LOL (spoken/typed)- the phrase LOL (or laugh out loud) is just an oxymoron. Typing to somebody "lol" shows that something is funny but not to make you really laugh. Also, saying "lol" is just ridiculous because why would you just not laugh instead?
Grub- when referring to a hopefully delicious meal one might want to refrain from mentioning a disgusting and repulsive larval stage of a wasp of bee.
"Oh my gosh" (OMG) is a commonly misused phrase that many feel can be added onto any sentence, no matter the topic, or can be used when someone can't think of anything else to say. "Oh my gosh" is ridiculously overused and in reality should only be used in situations of extreme surprise or horror.
ReplyDeleteAwkward has almost taken on a new meaning, in which it is used to describe things that are the exact opposite, or have nothing to do with being awkward.
LOL first started as something you would say when texting or instant messaging, but lately it is being used in actual conversations which makes no sense at all. Why would someone abbreviate words when talking to and having a conversation with their friends and peers?
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
ReplyDelete“Your great at football jut like your dad, I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
The phrase can be offensive to people who are biologically related to their parent(s) also to someone who doesn’t even like there parents.
Fabulous
“Those shoes are fabulous!”
I highly doubt that shoes could be unbelievable. I feel like it is over used so it has a watered down effect.
LOL
“LOL did you see that man?!”
When your typing people write lol and have a completely different face. It is supposed to be laugh out loud, but people don’t always laugh when the write that. Also it just sounds obnoxious when someone says “LOL” out loud.
Melissa Stangel
In the hallways of Westhampton Beach you hear the same words or phrases over and over again everyday. One example of these words is the word shot. Everyone either says that your so shot in a way in which is means your so messed up to answer a question for example. Another way the word shot is used is when people just say shot to other people to just to say it for example, "Joe your shot." A word which is also overused is the word buzzkill. People say this for example if kids have a break for example and the teachers gives homework the kids say, "what a buzzkill." Another example is if your have plans and something comes up kids say "what a buzzkill that we can't do it anymore." A third word that is overused in the hallways is the word wow. One way the word wow is used is when one kid says something stupid and another would say wow. Another way is when a kid says something to another person and the other might just respond wow if they don't have anything to say back. These are the words in what i hear the most in the hallways and the phrases that should be on the "2012 Westhampton Beach Banished Words List."
ReplyDelete1. Like. "Today in class the teacher was like sit down and I was like um no thank you so I like walked away" Like is a meaningless word used in 'teenage talk' which indicates a gap in thinking or brain functioning; also a equivalent of "uh" or "um".. It adds no meaning to a sentence at all whatsoever and to whoever uses it more than once in a sentence is a complete air head and needs to be more attentive in English class because whoever is talking to you while you use the word like more than any other word in the sentence will not take you seriously. At all..
ReplyDelete2. YOlO (You only live once) To anyone who uses YOLO "You Obviously Lack Originality" because I can't count how many people posted that on their facebook status after the Drake song "The Motto" came out. Its a given fact you only live once... It's not as if you're a cat and have 9 lives, once you die your dead I don't think people needed to have Drake sing a song about that for people to realize it.
3. Deuces "My girl always be on some B.S so I had to give her the deuces" When you flip that middle finger, and that index finger follows. Giving the "peace out" when you're done with a person, physically, mentally or spiratually. Just because Chris Brown featured his song 99% about the word "Deuces" it doesn't mean you're allowed to say it whenever your saying bye to someone, arguing with someone and wanting to have the last word, being cool and obnoxious and saying it to someone you dont like, writing it all over facebook, or EVER. It shouldn't be used, it was a one time thing, its understandable you use it for a while after the song was out but I mean c'mon saying "Deuces" doesn't really affect your badassness factor or your cool factor at all so get over yourself and learn how to say bye normally.
1. Legit. First I don't think that legit should be an actual word, but just a shortened version for text of legitimate. It's fine over text, if you don't know how to spell legitimate, or don't want to look stupid trying to spell it, but one has no excuse to say legit, especially, if you use it as so, "That shirt is so legit!" Why yes, my shirt is a real shirt as apposed to an imaginary shirt. Thank you for noticing. Legit should not be used to call something cool or awesome, because that isn't what it means.
ReplyDelete2. Literally. Literally itself shouldn't be banned, but using it like, "That was so funny that I literally died." So you are a zombie? That's really cool, just don't get my brain, alright? Cool. But what I think you meant is that you FIGURATIVELY died from laughter, because you obviously did not die of laughter.
3. Ight. One should not be running around saying ight. One, it isn't even a word. Two, IT'S NOT EVEN A WORD! You can't just say alright or okay? I mean, come on! Isn't really that difficult to say one extra syllable. No one should say, "Ight, dawg (another word that should be banned), I'll meet ya (yet another world that should be banned) there." Why ight? Is alright or okay that hard to say? Or to text? I mean okay is just as long as ight letter wise, and I don't think one syllable should affect what word you use, especially when it's between one and two syllables.
The three overuse words of 2011 for me are shot, bro, and amazing. When people call someone shot they are saying that they don't like what they are doing. Most of the time you shouldn't tell someone that you don't like them, but most of all shot implies that they have been shot by a gun, or their chances are shot, which makes no sense. Bro is a word used between two guys or by one guy saying that they're bro. Bro is a term for having bro qualities, such as coolness or having an easy going attitude. The word doesn't really get me mad but when people who are the opposite of bros even use the word, it kills the meaning. Amazing is a word to describe something way out of the ordinary, and something that is extremely special. The birth of a healthy child, and so is winning a long island championship. Now kids are using amazing in place of good, like saying that shirt is "amazing". The shirt may look cool, but calling it amazing degrades the definition of the word.
ReplyDeleteSHOT
ReplyDelete"this week is shot," "dude you're so shot." the word shot describing something that is boring or not fun has been outrageously over used. what does it even mean to be shot? is something physically getting shot by a gun? I'm pretty sure its impossible to shot a week or a party considering they aren't physical objects. Shot needs to go
I'M A BOSS
going back a couple years the term "I'm a boss" has been used by many guys in this school to describe that they are considerably more important than others. Not only do they use it for that reason but some guys use it answer a question asked. for example: "dude how did you do that" " you know why... cuz I'm a boss." But what is this guy the boss of, we're still in high school so unless you're a 17 year old self made millionaire, you're not a boss of anything.
CHILL
commonly used as a word to describe something cold, the word chill magically worked its way to the teen the dictionary as word to tell an individual to relax or calm down. "chill bro." Is someone telling another person to lower they're body temperature. i have no clue why it/s used in that way but it has to go.
"Literally"- People today use the word "literally" too often. In most instances, the word is referred to in a situation that is doubtlessly literal with little chance of involving a second aspect that word require the use of the word "literal". For example, I have often heard people say stuff like: "I LITERALLY just failed that test." Well star student, I'm glad you came to terms with it, because it's better to admit you "literally" failed something than to think you vicariously got a bad grade.
ReplyDelete"Finna"- Luckily, "finna" is not a word that has not yet reached the same ubiquitous usage as "buzzkill" or "swag", but I fear that this overused word for 2011 may remain through the next year. The word, commonly used by rappers and people from the deep south, is an abbreviation for "I am going to". Someone might say "I finna go get some lunch." While I do not mind true southerners using this word, I can not stand its usage by kids in Long Island trying to sound like Wiz Khalifa. I do not understand why anyone would UNNATURALLY use a word just to sound like a rural Southerner or a sell out rapper like Wiz Khalifa. My dad is from Hungary and for some reason says "gahhh" a lot, you never hear me saying "gahhh". Please, do not make an effort or force yourself to say slang that is not even common in your region.
"Exit Strategy"- This word should have been on the list 5 years ago, and while it is no longer overused, I believe it's detriment to society should be confronted. By far the most overused saying for the years between 2005 through the 2008 election, the word "exit strategy" was said by complaining college kids, pretentious know it all's, and talk show hosts across the country. An example of the word's usage would be in such context: "Wahh, why don't we have an exit strategy for the war in Iraq?" Well guess what, we did, just usually a government does not publicize their plans for operating wars. For all the "exit strategy" winers of the Bush era, I would like to say this, WE ARE OUT, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, EXIT STRATEGY COMPLETE. And to all those who served our country while your peers were demanding for an "exit strategy", let me say this: god bless you, and thank you for your service.
- CHRIS ROTHE
Swag: Short for swagger is overly used. A person can have swag in the way they walk or dress but now anything can be put into the blank before it. In the locker room two days ago I heard someone say “locker swag” How can a metal object have swag?
ReplyDeletePutting an M or F on the beginning of words to call them “Man ________ or Fake______” such as “Muggs” meaning man Uggs or “Fuggs” meaning fake Uggs.
Yo: the word yo is used in way too many contexts and too often. It can be used to get someone’s attention and to just begin a story or sentence and if you pay attention in the lunch room you can here people say it 10 times in a short conversation.
1. "Let's Hang". Hey dude you bored? Lets hang. First of all the word hang means to be suspended above the ground, not to spend time with someone. Even though I can find phrase "hang out" acceptable at sometimes, it itself is also outdated by new phrases rising up the ranks of the English Language such as "lets chill" or even other common phrases like "let's get together."
ReplyDelete2. Chillax. Woah, you need to calm down, chillax for a second. This word seems to bother me because all of a sudden people just decided that it was perfectly fine to just combine words to create new ones. Sorry to break it to you, but thats not how English works. This word, intended to calm someone down, often just ends up infuriating the person its told too even more, making it pretty much useless.
3. ROFL. Oh my god that was so funny ROFL! ROFL, rolling on the floor laughing, is one of the top ten most annoying things anybody can ever say. First of all ninety nine percent of people that use this phrase are not rolling on the floor laughing but are, in fact, staring at there screen or paper with a straight, emotionless face. Even if the situation is humerous, i think most people would prefer to laugh to themselves while standing or sitting instead of causing a scene rolling on a floor, that is most likely dirty anyways. I think the world would be more suited using the phrase LQTM, laughing quietly to myself, for comical moments.